An object is an instance (or not)?

[Rustom Mody]

On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 10:55:32 AM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Python itself has answers to your questions:
> 
>    >>> isinstance(3, int)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance("3", int)
>    False
>    >>> isinstance(int, type)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance(type, int)
>    False
>    >>> isinstance(type, type)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance(3, type)
>    False
>    >>> isinstance(int, 3)
>    Traceback (most recent call last):
>      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>    TypeError: isinstance() arg 2 must be a type or tuple of types
>    >>> isinstance(3, object)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance("3", object)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance(int, object)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance(type, object)
>    True
>    >>> isinstance(object, object)
>    True
> 
> 
> Marko


neat
Maybe add also

>>> isinstance(type,object)
True
>>> isinstance(object,object)
True
>>> issubclass(object,type)
False
>>> issubclass(type,object)
True
>>> isinstance(object,type)
True
>>> issubclass(int,object)
True